2024 SCHEDULE
JANUARY —
Road to California Quilt Show, Ontario, CA — January 17 – 20, 2024 — Classes include: I am Here: Improv Mapping, Aurifilosophy Thread Matters, and Design Your Own Applique. Priority registration opens June 28th, with General Registration opening July 15th and the quilt competition opens August 1st.
FEBRUARY —
Chisholm Trail Quilt Guild, North Austin, TX — February 6 & 7th, 2024 — Lecture and Workshop — Understanding the Value of Color and the 1:10 Quilt.
John C. Campbell Folk School online classes through LessonFace — Garden Delights Quilt, February 12 – 16th, from 9 am to 4 pm, Central. Visit LessonFace for compete information and registration.
Sew Original in Winston- Salem, NC — February 18-19th, two-day class, Tamarack Jacket. Visit Sew Original for details.
Attending QuiltCon, Raleigh, NC — February 22-25, 2024.
Attending MidAtlantic Quilt Festival, Hampton, Virginia, — February 28 – March 1, 2024.
MARCH —
Gate City Quilt Guild, Greensboro, NC — March 7, 2024. Lecture: How Technology is Changing the Way We Quilt.
John C. Campbell Folk School online classes through LessonFace — Documenting Your Quilts, If Our Quilts Could Talk, What Would They Say About Us? March 16th, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm, Central. Visit the LessonFace website for complete information and registration.
Bear Creek Quilt Guild, Grapevine, TX — March 19 & 20th, 2024 — Lecture and Workshop: Help! My Fabric Stash is Growing and I Can’t Make It Stop! and StashBusters.
APRIL —
BERNINA World of Sewing, Raleigh, NC — April 12-13th, 2024, two day class Garment Cloning class — Create patterns from your ready-to-wear without taking your garments apart. Visit BERNINA World of Sewing for complete information and registration.
John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC — I am Here: Improv Mapping workshop, April 14-20, 2023. The workshop is over one week and holds a maximum of 12 students. Registration will be open on July 1st, 2023 for the first half of the 2024 year.
BERNINA World of Sewing, Raleigh, NC — Bespoke Patchwork Skirt, Saturday, April 27, 2024 from 10- 4:30. Visit BERNINA World of Sewing for complete information and registration.
MAY —
MSQC RETREAT at Hotel Hamilton, Hamilton , MO — May 2 – 6th, 2024 — Color Sense, three-day/four night workshop. This is my first retreat since 2008 and it’s meant to be epic. Retreat cost $600 — includes class, lodging, and meals — what a deal! Three days of Color Sense, including a trip to Missouri Star Quilt Company to shop for our quilt fabrics – and rubbing shoulders with some talented quilters.
Heavenly Stitches, Lima, Ohio — May 9-11th, 2024, Bespoke Patchwork Skirt and A is for Applique. Visit Heavenly Stitches for complete information and registration.
JUNE —
JULY —
AUGUST —
Original Sew Quilt Expo, Irving, TX — August 1 – 3, 2024. Class TBD. I will have a booth with Fowl+Maker. Details forthcoming!
SEPTEMBER —
AQS LANCASTER — Lancaster, PA, September 11 -14, 2024 — Lecture: If Our Quilts Could Talk, What Wold They Say About Us? Workshops: Wool Applique by Machine, A is for Applique, Pro Tips for Accurate Piecing, Aurifilosophy Thread Matters, Be Wreath – Adorable Machine Applique.
NEW BRAUNFELS AREA QUILT GUILD, New Braunfels, TX — September 20 – 21st, 2024 — Lecture and Workshop ; Understanding the Value of Color and Aurifilosophy Thread Matters workshop
OCTOBER —
Durham Orange Quilt Guild, Mebane, NC — Judging the Quilt show. October 2 & 3, 2024. Quilt Show held October 4-6, 2024 at the Mebane Arts and Community Center.
Quilter’s Anonymous Quilt Guild, Shoreline, WA — October 8 – 10th, 2024 — Lectures: Tuesday – How Technology is Changing the Way We Quilt, and Wednesday – Thread Matters, and Workshop — Carnation Machine Applique.
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DECEMBER —
2025 SCHEDULE
JANUARY — —
Waterloo County Quilters Guild, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada — January 15, 2025 — Virtual Lecture — How Technology is Changing the Way We Quilt.
Wildflower Quilt Guild, Temple, TX — January 21, 2025 — Virtual Lecture — Understanding the Value of Color
FEBRUARY —
Greater San Antonio Quilt Guild, San Antonio, TX — February 7 – 8th, 2025 — Lecture and Workshop TBD
Waterloo County Quilters Guild, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada — February 15, 2025 — Virtual Workshop, the 1:10 Quilt.
MARCH —
Western North Carolina Quilters Guild, Hendersonville, NC — March 20-21, 2025. Improv Mapping 1 1/2 day workshop. and Lecture TBD.
APRIL —
Chisholm Trail Quilt Guild, Georgetown, TX — April 1st & 2nd, 2025 — Lecture — Understanding Color Sense, and Workshop TBD
MAY —
JUNE —
John c. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC — May 25 – 30th, 2025 — Color Sense workshop. Enrollment will open January 1st. May 30-1st, 2025, Bespoke Patchwork Skirt. Weekend class.
Quilt by Julia Kolb.
JULY —
AUGUST —
East Cobb Quilters Guild, Marietta, GA — August 28 – 30, 2025 — Two-day Improv Mapping workshop, Night Lecture, Morning Lecture.
Quilt by Jean Denton
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NOVEMBER —
DECEMBER —
PREVIOUS 2023 SCHEDULE
JANUARY —
REGION of YORK QUILT GUILD, Ontario, Canada — Saturday, January 14, 2023. Color Sense, 1-day workshop. Online via Zoom.
JOHN C. CAMPBELL FOLK SCHOOL ONLINE CLASS, via LESSONFACE — one full week immersion class Creating Garment Patterns That Really Fit — January 16-20, 2023. Registration will open mid-October. Stay tuned.
FABRIC AND FIBER CHARTERED CLUB/SUN CITY, Sun City, TX — Lecture – TBD, Workshop – Machine Applique. January 26 & 27, 2022.
FEBRUARY —
Applique Away on Galveston Bay, Galveston, TX — February 19 – 23, 2023. Two two-day workshops — A is for Applique, wool applique on cotton with hand embroidery — only. The Poppy Wreath, hand appliquéd wreath in your choice of colors — has been cancelled. To register for classes, visit the Applique Away on Galveston Bay website.
JOHN C. CAMPBELL FOLK SCHOOL ONLINE CLASS via LESSONFACE — All Sorts of Hand Work — Five weeks of in depth classes beginning on Tuesday evenings, February 28th, March 7, 14, 21, & 28, 2023. Registration will open mid-October. Stay tuned!
MARCH–
APRIL —
BERNINA WORLD OF SEWING, Raleigh, NC — Thursday and Friday, April 13 -14, 2023 — Color Sense two-day worshop 10-4 pm.
Saturday and Sunday, April 15 – 16, 2023 — Create Patterns from Garments in Your Closet, two-day workshop, 10-4.
Go to Bernina World of Sewing for registration information.
John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC — April 23- 28th, 2023 – week-long. Crazy Quilting with Style.
April 28 – 30th, 2023 – weekend. Primitive Sampler.
MAY —
BLUE VALLEY QUILT GUILD, Overland Park, KS — Lecture: Help! My Fabric Stash is Growing and I can’t Make It Stop!, May 2, 2023, 10-12pm, Workshop: Machine Quilting for Moderns , May 3, 2023.
HEAVENLY STITCHES QUILT SHOP, Lima, OH — I’m coming back!!! Thursday, May 18: BERNINA Ambassasdor Program – How Technology is Changing the Way We Sew and Quilt, and two-day Color Sense workshop, May 19 & 20, 2023. Go to Heavenly Stitches for complete information.
JUNE —
A new baby is going to come sometime this month for the Smith family!!
BERNINA UNIVERSITY, Dallas, TX — June 27 – 20, 2023. I’ll be in the Aurifil booth, doing demonstrations.
JULY —
AUGUST —
ORIGINAL SEW QUILT EXPO, Irvine, TX — I’m going to teach classes, and judging quilts! Classes include Tamarack Quilted Jacket (Tuesday, August 15), Introduction to Machine Applique (Thursday, August 17), Wool Applique by Machine and Serger Test Drive (Friday, August 18), Lecture: Quilted Coats: Then and Now (Saturday, August 19).
TRIAD MODERN QUILT GUILD, Greensboro, NC — Lecture: Creative Modern Garment Sewing, August 22, 2023. Workshop: Creating Patterns from Existing Garments, two-day workshop, August 26-27, 2023. Contact Triad Modern Quilt Guild for more information.
SEPTEMBER —
OCTOBER —
JOHN C. CAMPBELL FOLK SCHOOL FALL FESTIVAL — I’ll be there with the Fall Festival 2023 Quilt! I’m also vending. I’ll have my books, patterns, handmade design journals, threads and notions available. I hope you’ll stop by and say “Hi”!
CALLA LILY QUILT SHOP, Greensboro, NC — October 20 & 21st, 2023, Color Sense two-day workshop.
INTERNATIONAL QUILT FESTIVAL, Houston, TX — Workshop October 30th — Bespoke Patchwork Skirt, 9-5. Fowl + Maker will be onsite to chainstitch your favorite quote onto the hem of your skirt, while you work. Go to Quilts.com for registration details. Registration is currently open.
NOVEMBER —
INTERNATIONAL QUILT FESTIVAL, Houston, TX — I’ll have a Booth — Booth assignment TBD. Fowl+Maker will be onsite to Chain Stitch and personalize your jackets, bags, fabric, purchases. More information to come.
DECEMBER —